Shakey’s V-League semifinal round starts today

THE PHILIPPINE Army and San Sebastian will try to live up to their lofty billings when they face off against Ateneo and Navy, respectively, in the opening game of the of semifinals of the Shakey’s V-League Open Conference today at the Arena in San Juan City.

The Lady Troopers and the Lady Stags have dominated the elimination round and the quarterfinals with their power games and have been installed the favorites to clash for the league’s season-ending conference title.

Army and Ateneo slug it out first at 2 p.m. before SSC, seeking to end a long title drought in the league organized by Sports Vision, and Navy collide at 4 p.m. in a pair of best-of-three series. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio